>> we are now saying if you're a good thing 50 mi. of the plant evacuate. >> mark: top story americans urged to evacuate after the plant crisis in japan continues to worsen. >> darya: desperate measures to try and prevent a meltdown at the power plant. >> mark: tragedy in the bay area of big wave server dies after servinserving mavericks'. >> this is the kron 4 morning news. >> darya: think you for waking up with the morning news on march 17th. >> mark: we will stop with james and the weather. >> james: we have lot of activity in the pacific headed our way, today we will have a brief break, mostly dry. the for

showers fallen north bay about 9:00 p.m. tonight. i will break it down coming up. >> george: if you drive 583 altamont pass you will want to know how slow it is. it is our first hot spot of the morning. >> mark: the latest out of japan, desperate measures to prevent at meltdown at the power plant in japan. four reactors in danger of melting down. military is dumping thousands of gallons of sea water on to the reactors, in hopes of cooling the compact box. the flights have been suspended as radiation levels are very high. they failed to cool down the reactors. they are trying to finish and new power lines to record power to the cooling station the spirit the head of the regulatory

commission says all of the water's gone from one of the spent fuel pools, radiation levels climb. that could impact the possibility to take these corrective measures. that means there's nothing to stop the spent fuel rods from melting down. japanese government is denying that the pools are dried up. they will not tthe u.s. stat says people living for their way from the plant are in danger spirit >> darya: let's go to will tran he is talking to the experts to monitor our air quality in the bay area. in san francisco on what to they have to say? >> will: they say the chances are remote, that we will have

significant radiation coming from japan. i am outside of the air quality management, the same agency that tells us whether not there will be spare the air days. they are monitoring the radiation, going on on the seventh floor of this building. this is video of the devices they use, to measure the radiation levels, they take the air into the device. information gets transmitted to scientists in alabama who also look over the data and for now they say there's nothing of any significance that we should be worried about. they did not say there is no radiation, but it is so low right now we don't have to worry. the reason as we are separated by the ocean. even if particles made their way over here is so small it would not harm us. the worst-case scenario

is that if those particles go up into the jet stream which carried them faster. it will get to the bay area's so the particles could be a bit bigger. as of now there's nothing to be worried about. they allowed us to go up there and should the device because they know people are worried. >> darya: i think people forget that we are exposed on a daily basis just generally. >> will: we get more radiation from the microwave, the television. standard and a lot of people are concerned, it is something they monitor. if there's anything to worry about the let us know. >> darya: mark? actually let's go to james. >> james: is nice to have one day to dryout just a little bit. roof camera shows nice conditions over differences go right now. let's break down what

we will find today. overall in friday today, a slight chance the north bay will see a sprinkle or two. the rain began as bay area wide late tonight, mainly into tomorrow morning. all day friday heavy rains we could see cool temperatures and lightning. snow levels dropping down to 3,000 ft.. here's where temperatures are right now low '40's uppers 30's. novato is 18 degrees colder than you work 24 hours ago, 16 half moon bay, you get the idea it is chilly out there. storm tracker for shows us the rain to the north, the possibility of some of the showers getting into upper sonoma county. everybody else

has a dry day today. that system coming in is turning up the waters high surf advisory in effect today will not expire until 11:00 p.m. friday. rep current should be watched out for and vinyl coastal flooding as those swells come on shore. beyond that temperatures this afternoon will be nice 58 in san francisco, 61 the general trend around the bay. the sunshine we will in joy today because it goes away starting tomorrow. this system tracks are way the first crops will fall probably about 11:00 p.m. tonight and then bay area wide tomorrow. if everybody else we are looking for quarter of an inch of

accumulation. all in all it is a decent storm, another one just like this will come in on sunday. 70 forecast, friday rain, saturday chance of showers, we are in a wet weather pattern for the foreseeable future. >> george: we are in as low pattern on interstate 580 in the westbound direction are hot spot this morning. earlier accident has cleared but traffic is still backed up all the way to the altamont past. the rest of the right on 580 is bound to be an easier one with all the traffic being held up further to the east. 680 southbound looks good, and free ride on highway 92 to san mateo bridge, the volume has built up no problems as you head to or across the

span. the right through san francisco looking at crosstown freeways inbound central just a bit heavier now for your ride leading down towards the james lick freeway. still an easy drive time. the marin county ride 1 01 southbound direction still looks good. from san francisco towards these bay are recovering from some earlier mechanical problems. they had a slow-moving train. the ride from the mission may behind schedule.

>> mark: a famous big wave surfer surfing mavericks' monster waves. the half moon bay fireold sion milosky of hawaii was pulled from the water at around 7 p.m. on wednesday at mavericks, the waves reached 60 feet high. a friend says milosky apparently drowned after he was held underwater for two big waves. milosky is survived by a wife and two daughters on kauai. a section of highway one

is shut down and it looks like it will be for a while. 40 ft. section of the two-lane highway crumbled into the sea. not clear on what caused this slide but erosion could be to blame. people trying to get through were forced to turn around. some park their cars and walked home. in section roadway had given away in 1998 and had been rebuilt then. watching wall street's rebound bay. not quite making up our losses yesterday but it is up this morning. >> darya: fewer people signed up for unemployment giving us hope there will be a stronger job growth this year. applications fell 385,000 last week. that

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>> mark: jerry brown did declaring state of emergency for two more state. in many see no the harbor suffered $4 million in damage. the fishing town of moral bay saw $450,000 in damage. the governor declared states of emergency already for four other states. >> darya: out at the harbor we have craig stood guarclegg is h

(no audio) they're goin creig. >> craig: wednesday's efforts shifted from " recovery to harbour safety the national ocean atmosphere administration already arrived using sonar to look for pieces of here. they are being chopped up and hauled away. everything is in clean up mode. fish and game as aerial

surveys to locate damaged vessels. the coast guard says no wildlife impact at this time federal state officials work to clean up the harbor, as you see it here in remains quiet and empty. fishermen and sailors are able to go into some sections and look into repairs on their boats. that is one thing. the harbor itself will be close to through sunday costing businesses $200,000 a day in business. they hope they finish the cleanup and get things back to normal by next week. >> darya: it 5:00 p.m., you might see some movement of some people that are allowed in the area. are using any one? >> craig: not right now. maybe later there will be boat owners who came come and take a look at their votes.

>> darya: we will check back with you. in the rain it has been difficult to get that thing done. today with the break we are having it will be nice. the golden gate bridge looks clear and dry, a dry island in the middle of sandwich stores. >> james: 1 day of sunshine before more rain. out of albany clear skies it will get up to a low 60s this afternoon. that is the trend for everybody we are starting off in the low '40's and getting up to the '60s. here are the current temperatures right now still in the 30's for the north bay, 34 napa, 39 in san rafael. we may lose another degree before we start to warm things up. we are at that point

we could see temperatures get back on the incline this morning. nice temperatures this afternoon and the possibility of a sprinkle in the north bay. the showers encroaching on northern sonoma county. slight chance of the scattered showers among mostly in the morning by the afternoon never be enjoying dry weather. 58 in san francisco this afternoon, 61 in oakland, 60 napa. it is right around there everybody enjoys this afternoon. we get a change in the forecast the pacific cold air, moist air, we have some low snow levels and the possibility of thunder activity as well. 11:00 p.m. tonight, into tomorrow as you head out the door showers in the north bay, heavy stuff on the bay area come noon. this system will slowly go

to the south by about 3:00 p.m. san jose and livermore still dealing with it. we will stay with the scattered showers for you drive home and on into the evening. and then all through saturday as well. 70 forecast we have the system tomorrow, another one on sunday that could be just as intense. a lot of rain over 72 hours between friday and sunday. we will keep an eye on all of that. >> george: tracking a couple of problems interstate 580 the westbound ride starts to break up a bit. still badly back up through the altamont pass, an accident at north first street starting the back up. the closer the scene to the accident the faster the traffic will move. that is a slightly better right now. notice we are picking

up slowing on the ride towards the dublin and change. another hot spot is the right on 243 lafayette, westbound leading to orinda, it has left the back up almost to the 24 interchange for the west bound ride. from here we take you to walnut creek to show you the south bound ride. you can see that leaving walnut creek and headed south into the belly traffic is still moving well below it is still going to back up. bay bridge in the westbound ride still holding steady, the back up from the middle of these parts lot for the west bound ride. meter lights have been active for 30 minutes now. 7:22 a.m. we will take a quick break but it is still slow coming from mission district into downtown san francisco. it was a slow-moving

train out of the system now.

>> mark: following another day of violence in ball rain, a crackdown on protesters. that came is imposing a state of emergency with a curfew in effect appeared authorities have detained five activists. soldiers loyal to khaddafi advancing against the rebels. they are attacking them from the ground and the air. they are pushing east toward bankruptcy. they have not retaken the town of alleged to be up to to. unita

proposal for a no-fly zone over libya. >> darya: presidenmrs. clinton s meeting with two nations of its leaders and students, and human rights activist to encourage them to keep the pressure for change. she wraps up amid east tour. >> mark: will be right back. tour. >> mark: will be right back. alive look úñúñbx

desperate >> mark: late 20s helicopters to dump thousands of gallons of seawater on the plant. now they have stop that dumps because

there were records are not cooling and the radi. now they o finish maine power lines to stop this crisis appeared there san all the water has gone from the spent fuel pools. the radiation spilling into the air in the rods are heating up in could melt them. although the u.s. is saying there is no more water in the fuel rod pools, japanese officials deny it. scientists are following the movement of but radioactive plume coming from the japan we have an intimation of the projection. the plume is reaching the aleutian islands, a could that california by late tomorrow notice the and all levels the radiation expected to be

extremely diluted as the troubles. it won't have any health impacts in the united states. the pact is likely to change as the weather patterns ships. >> darya: they're teaming up to talk about the nuclear meltdown threat answering questions about a lot of things including any possible to of radiation in making its way to the united states. they're trying to your its fierce spirit >> i was getting at questions about iodine tablets when we should use that. here are absolutely not. >> this material carried by wind can be distributed. our measurements will pick something up but i want to point out at this point, just because you can measure something doesn't mean it's dangerous. >> the further you love from this source the radiation level

dropped significantly. if you are in california 8,000 km from this lake, then you see it is not effective. >> how much will be released? i don't want to give an estimate, because i don't know. >> darya: justine is monitoring the latest. >> reporter: justice and the greatest risk is for those workers scrambling to cool the reactor. those who have been evacuated from this side are considered safe. but rumors out there, china is urging japan to provide precise information about the crisis to control those rumors that are sweeping the region about possible dangers. text messages circulated about to plumes' splitting from japan all

throughout asia. along with those fears that are spreading, people are hearing a iodine salted will help prevent against sickness. a lot of stores are sold out of these salts. we will keep you posted it. >> mark: bay area weather, a cold morning and at least we have sun for now. >> james: of a look from our roof camera, we have clear conditions out there. let's clear break down, we will see. 15 degrees cooler than yesterday morning, north bay showers in the mix. this afternoon temperatures in the low 60s and joy that because we will see another sunday afternoon for a while. this evening the clouds build an rain starts falling late this evening. lets take a quick look

at where those temperatures are right now 46 san francisco, 41 hayward, 0 '40's for most of the bay but upper 30's two. from concord down towards dublin pleasanton temperatures there and to the upper to mid 30's. cool start this morning and yesterday. in the north this is what causes a high chance of a scanner shower. as we zoom in to a closer look, we are seeing a few cells just off the coast. just west of san rosa. that may be coming in and playing a factor for the northern sonoma county. that storm coming in is turning up the surf. and last through 11:00 p.m. friday, swells between 13 and 16 ft..

the possibility of minor coastal flooding with that. this afternoon and mild and plenty of sunshine for you get out there and enjoy it because this storm system is tracking to give us rain beginning late this evening, this evening meaning close to midnight. it will last all day tomorrow, the total we're looking for is 1-1 and half inches. and anywhere from three-quarters of an engine for other parts of the bay area. a fairly decent rain maker and this is not the only one this weekend. another storm system comes in on sunday keeping it cool and wet. 7:35 a.m. could morning george. >> george: interstate 580 we have been tracking it as a hot spot, while it is low is not as bad. it is resembling a more normal commute. make no mistake

it is still is heavy in the altamont. 24 that is another matter what accident westbound at an up or happy valley road leading through lafayette, it is badly backed up into pleasant held on 680 southbound. heavier traffic south into the san ramon valley. the light on 80 southbound still a good ride from the upper to the lorry shore freeway. bay bridge toll plaza metering lights reactivated at 6:30 a.m. yesterday erica had a good morning with no backup, this morning it is just flow from the middle of these parking lot. this 880 approach is a little more backed up unusual considering how light it does through the rest of the toll plaza. public transit we have

had minor delays to downtown san francisco on board, those have cleared up now. >> darya: 70 6:00 a.m. back with more couple of minutes. a story we're following barry bonds trial is coming up, prosecution is releasing and voice-mail to prosecute him. more and a couple of minutes.

>> darya: california lawmakers are trying to close the budget deficit. they have agreed to several deep cuts but they fell short on about the windy eliminate the redevelopment agencies, another issue is governor brown's plan test voters to approve an extension of the sales, income, and vehicle taxes. both houses have approved billions of dollars of

cuts to state welfare, eight for the disabled, medical, all the family program for the poor. university of california is trying to deal with budget cuts. they should peppered to lose $1 billion in public support. those cuts would mean more tuition increases, less student access. the actual reduction will be whether california would be approved on those extensions. >> mark: sambar no gas line >> mark: the deadline to produce the records is tuesday. pg&e did not produce accurate records and is putting public safety in jeopardy by now producing those. they could not produce pressure pressure test which utility

commission says it is inexcusable. barry bonds perjury trial begins next week. they're trying to introduce the messages. he seemed agitated he cannot reach bell and seems suspicious. he says things like pick up the phone, i will find you, now my blood pressure is in rising. they're trying to make the point that angry voice messages are evidence of steroid use. full transcript are on a website. we will be right back. coming upper will have more on march madness.

>> darya: japanese officials are not sure if helicopter dr. light's to dump water are working. they suspended the of flights to assess the situation appeared that the marking 40 minutes the time to limit their own exposure because they're so close to the plant. they are saying the united states people may want to leave japan. >> mark: a famous big wave surfer drowned wednesday evening surfing mavericks' monster waves. the half moon bay fire chief says the body of 35-year- old sion milosky of hawaii was pulled from the water at around 7 p.m. on wednesday at mavericks, the waves reached 60 feet high. a friend says milosky apparently drowned after he was held underwater for two big waves. milosky is survived by a wife and two daughters on kauai. >> darya: a section of highway one is gone. 40 ft. this stretch of the highway slid down a hillside after 5:00 p.m. last night it had days of heavy rains

that seem to wear away. i think that's what it appeared no injuries were reported. >> james: as we watch whether we are watching to things, the colder temperatures, and the rain that is headed our way. temperatures in the 7:00 a.m. hour a mix of 40's and '30's quite a bit cooler this morning that was yesterday. here you have the 24 color difference of 16 degrees, 12 degrees, you will notice that the first thing this morning. that's the storm system headed our way of bringing showers to northern californian nothing in the bay area yet, keeping it chance of scatter charts in the north bay. one cell is off the coast right now just west of highway one west o. we don't expect anybody to se

wet weather. tempters upper 50s, everybody else around 61 degree temperature rains. we have the sun and that will help us dry out a bit before the rain comes back in tonight. rains to our north, 80 in friday morning more intense showers coming into view, by noon heavy rain through the heart of the bay area, moving south by 3:00 p.m., san jose, livermore still getting it. as we advance the clock to 5:00 p.m., scattered showers into the evening hours. that will be the pattern we will see continuing in to saturday. saturday mix of rain, sunday rain heavy at times, temperatures in the '50s. all in all is the wet forecast. if

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much better. surprisingly so when we last we checked it. now looks good for your ride into alamo, towards look worn your route. the south bay near san jose pretty sluggish for the north bound ride on highway 101 as you head towards hours grid america parkway. 280 through downtown looks good. there were problems on 280 northbound leading towards winchester on the off ramp. the signal lights were malfunctioning on city streets. >> mark: college basketball fans and employers knows what time is march madness kicking off today. games are run through the workday 16 games today, 16 tomorrow. it cuts and productivity. american employers

will lose 8.4 million hours of productivity during the tournament whether watching game on tv, on line, or chatting with co-workers. they multiplied that figure by the hourly earning and they found $192 million impact. at the white house president barack obama has filled out a tournament bracket for espn. as usual he is a fan of the number of seats >>. unpicking kansas just because i think they are deep. i think kansas has more fire power, i picked north carolina they lost, the next year they won for me. i think kansas will do the same thing. they always feel bad when they lose and the president pick them. >> mark: he is one for one. >> darya: is that good? some 50

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>> darya: new >> will: the situation gets worse and japan will tell you radiation levels in the bay area have gone up. >> mark: tragedy here red none surfer's ear dog overnight after serving at

mavericks. >> james: watching weather, rain is coming on shared. the beginning of what will be a big storm system. we will break it down coming up. >> george: a slow ride firm hotspot, backed up by the 680 southbound. slowed traffic at pleasanton hill i will tell you why coming up. >> live, from the bay area's news station, this is the kron 4 morning news. >> darya: good morning, at thank you, for joining us on this st. patrick's day. >> mark: big story the new to the power crisis the latest as tester measures are being taken to try and prevent a meltdown. the japanese military has been selling helicopters in. they're trying to prevent the fuel rods from overheating. there's still

very high at levels of radiation. plant operators are racing to finish a new power line that could restore power to the cooling systems possibly end the crisis. the head of the nuclear regulatory commission says all the water is gone from one of the fuel rod pools. that means they are heating up, sending radiation extremely high levels directly into the air. nothing can prevent them from heating and ultimately melting down. officials are denying that this fuel rod pools are hot dry. the japanese government says they have no plans to expand their evacuation. the u.s. state department says people living much further away from the plant are still in danger. to be safe the u.s. is sending planes in to help evacuate americans. japan has put in place a 20 mi. optional

evacuation order. there is being urged to stay indoors. this is new video of long lines at train stations in the middle east. risk from possible mate radiation remain greatest for the workers who are scrambling to tranquil those reactors. those who have been evacuated are considered to be in the safe area. the city 9 million people who live in the greater tokyo region, with the levels of radiation have rise slightly. >> reporter: there were high-level radiation have been detected, 19 mi. from the damaged nuclear plant. if you are exposed to that for about six hours are equal to the state allows that person should expose in the year. worries about

radiation are sparking panic in china people are buying massive amounts of salt. on this all false belief that it wants of radiation and that future supplies might be sold out or contaminated. some stores don't have any salt left on the shells. these dramas all started by a text message that said plans could spread from japan throughout asia. >> darya: that is the thing, there's a lot of information and misinformation going around. and fears because of what's happening they radiate all the way back here to the bay area. will tran and is at the emergency management center in san francisco they monitor this kind of thing. i know they're probably gonna lot of calls. >> will: they know lot of people are fearful which is why they're monitoring the situation they called me, telling me that radiation levels have not gone up

since they started monitoring this a couple of days ago. this is not just lip service, they're using high-tech instruments on the top floor of this building, here is video their we shot. this instrument has been around for years, it's never been tested quite like this. the take samples of the air, that sample pits and alabama where scientists there are also watching the numbers they said rain now even though things are gone a lot worse in japan the particles in the air moving at about their numbers are the same as they were just a few days ago which is pretty much nonexistent. the spokeswoman also told me that in a worst-case scenario, let's just say their reactors completely melt down and those particles reach the jet stream. check and make their way over to the west coast she said if the radiation from what she has been told

by a radiologist is that is so minuscule that getting an x-ray from the dentist would be a lot higher than even the worst case scenario here. we understand a lot of people are fearful which is whether trent come with the permission to tell people everything is ok for the same reason they tell people that spear the air is necessary if anything should get better hand they will let us know. back to you. >> darya: thank you, market? >> mark: now, here is a look at the weather. >> james: 2 things on our menu this morning, here's a look of the temperatures 46 in san francisco alone bit cooler just across the bay and oakland at 41 degrees, san rafael up a degree from where was. terrifies in santa rosa, napa. also seeing chilly temperatures in the san ramon valley. we're seeing a good number of 30 degree range as well.

also tracking the rain right now torn no. this is a system that's expected to come in tonight. this december and that is out there rain now is giving the north bay chances of early morning showers. we are starting to see some just off the coastline. just west you can see a cell coming in with some moderate activity. right west we're seeing some showers moving in. that will track and probably dissipate. as it makes its way through. the waters are turning because of the system high surf advisory in effect 11:00 p.m. friday night. rick kerns, flooding is all a possibility be careful. here's that system and the pacific tracking our way bringing cold there, moisture. the dumping adonis' we will feel at all day on friday. fairly heavy rain to fall primarily

amount noon. then we get a slight break saturday but sunday we ramp up with another system just as powerful. very wet few days. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: as we continue to track a hot spot is a rough ride for walnut creek, pleasant hill, concord. 242 is backed up traffic on the 680 south bend all because of recurring problems westbound on highway 24. it is our hot spot this morning. it will be awhile before it improves. interstate 80 is not doing too bad. a little sluggish but still a good read to the short freeway a bridge right, now back up, no delay, an easy trip. bay area bargain honey...? [ mom ] yes.

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mavericks. he was knocked down by a large wave, he was found in the water 20 minutes later, and instead hospital. 35 years old, by his wife and two young daughters. the cause of the accident is under rustication. >> darya: this section of big sur is set down indefinitely because it is gone. a 40 ft. section crumbled into the sea. they think it's because of all the rain. because the massive slide. look at that. residents, travelers trying to get through their turned around. some people parked their cars and walked from caltrans says this entire section that to replace in 98, they built a back up, another were gust to start again. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. we will talk to gary, taking a live look here at one accrete.

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>> darya: good morning, to tend to carry high. gary? hello? vallejo gary? i that his old fund is not working. we're talking about march madness. we have 16 games getting under way 16 today, 16 to march 8th and 8 on saturday and sunday. let the matter is began. u t b alabama, we're looking at those games are done and now we have a bunch games. are you there are stark >>? i would talk to gary about march madness but he's not there. have you heard about chad he's trying out

for major-league soccer. they're giving it a shot, he's going to this boarding kansas city to try out. he started yesterday. they have this trial. and they said he would love to sue they can do. >> gary: to some to call me we need experienced people to dial the phone. >> darya: ok. " chosing goal has been playing soccer since he was 4 years old. >> gary: will it hasn't been in the news for the problem days. i guess basketball wives is on hiatus so i harpener watching the news. i'm certainly no soccer expert. but if your a soccer player it's an entirely different than what he's

doing. >> darya: he's as he warms up with a soccer ball. let him tick. >> gary: if you play any other source or, you are, you bet on him against a soccer-he is a new playwright. >> darya: so forget it. >> gary: i am not at school and just sitting and waiting for the phone to ring. --i am not an expert. i was sitting by my bed waiting for the phone, i did you--i heard you talk about office pools. >> darya: its 8.4 million hours and a hundred and $92 million because everyone is watching the games, talking about it and testing. >> gary: i would love that if i had a business and see how my employees were doing.

>> darya: just because i'm such an expert i don't think it would be fair for office pool. so i don't participate. somebody handed than $10 our place. the general manager phil their bracket for me. >> darya: mark danon sponsored me, he put in my den, and if i win it is money. >> gary: brian peck although last-place team, every bad team he picked. brian but it would be funny, he picked all bad teams. >> darya: than the one you'll be with on your feet bracket is ipad to be why you, i'd try to you and out. mark said you really think

they're gonna win? with a guy who was booted from having sex. i forgot. he says he's not to make it. >> gary: he said honeypot the workplace? (laughter) >> darya: >> gary: you come home, you want to talk sports you have two messages you have one from bart and one from me. who would you call?--you have one from e and one from mark. i'd think he would go to mark because a market niche for you. >> darya: he takes care of me, he walked me through it. >> gary: i'm not going to call you honey in the workplace. mark is the best right going. i keep hearing

marked this, a market that. if you want to leave me and wait for someone else do it with mark. >> darya: url little jealous. >> gary: yes so what, i meet you. --i made you. you get to see your personality now, when you do the good morning it was because of me. >> darya: (laughter) >> darya: ok. keep the momentum going, i want to go over three mornings, that was a freak thing was it? speak-e s. but then i looked at that and i think, any time sports people get injured might think it's extra bad for them because they're really used to doing after octave things. soon

reno williams further slide in she's depressed, she felt like she's at the end of pro. >> gary: in the real world she's just a kid. she's been out awhile, she's a great champion. there revolutionized sports. this may be one of those where you been out so long, now she suffers from depression as well. so you look good tagger words his man out for his various reasons. >> darya: i watched him last night. >> gary: not much of anything. not much. he goes to taggart we haven't had to in for a couple years what have you been up to? he just smiled and said his play some basketball. there was a much. he just looked

uncomfortable. no growing. >> darya: roquet. he says he believes he's still the best in the world. once he fixes is soaring. >> gary: i wouldn't argue with them. if i came home and i had a message to call the best golfer and the world and like you i would not stumble i would call tiger. next time i said you were there for seven hours can't un mark have your little time later. you can do during the seven hours, you don't want to do it during my part. >> darya: i am sorry it is all gary tomorrow. >> gary: are ok but the good of his own thing. >> darya: we will see you tomorrow. we will be right

back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. we have some rain beginning to install, tailor, some light showers activity coming in you can see it coming onshore, looking the same. nothing compared to what we're going to get. the storm on the way full details coming out. >> george: still trapped in a hot spot the ride and 24, still that the backed up that it has slowed their ride on 680 southbound not only to present a hill but all the way back to concord. if you know the back door route, this agreement to take it. >> mark: a live look to wall street trend bounceback in the dow was up 1 to 9, 11,007 four two. an announcement from honda they are recalling the models of the new civic to prevent fuel from leaking. it

covers 18,000 civics from the 2011 year. a case that covers the above could break and crack and lead to a fuel leak. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. lets get a live look , , san

rods from heating up and melting down. nighing the pool with the rod is dry. santa sermons calling the movement of that bloom, 07 animation to show you at the protection of a new killer in material is now expected to reach the island sometime today. what ever radioactive material is left is expected to head towards california late to of afternoon. it's extremely diluted. it will likely not have any health impacts here in the u.s.. >> darya: nikky experts

teamed up to host a panel about the earthquakes, at the near kitimat down threats, they answered questions about it. >> i was getting questions about iodine tablets when you should use it, not here, absolutely not, this radioactive material can be distributed on the side of the measurements here in the address. we want to point out, just because we can measure something doesn't mean it's dangerous. >> to the further you are from the source the radiation level drops significantly. if your in california, 8,000 km from the site, you don't see any of the neutrons from this

plant. >> how much is going to be released how much? i don't want to give an estimate because i do not know. >> darya: let's go to the newsroom following the latest. >> reporter: falling latest some international rask has ended their efforts on thursday knowledge and there was no prospect of finding missing people still live. u.s. officials are offering to arrange charter flights out for any americans who want to leave japan to escape potentially dangerous radiation. the u.s. is warning about nonessential travel to any part of japan. the biggest headline here is that some international rescue teams have ended their rescue efforts. >> mark: we're hearing about another earthquake in the

ocean, a magnitude 6.5 struck near the capital, we're here and there is no tsunami rask, most of the world's earthquakes and volcanic activity occurred last week's magnitude nine occurred there as well. weather, the latest on the forecaster >> james: . a live picture from our roof camera blue sky over san francisco, a nice day. it will last long. maureen coming up. cooler to this morning, a chance of showers. starting to see some sharp activity already. partly sunny, temperatures in the upper 50s-low 60s. and nice, dry day, and clouds roll in, built up. mr. to see the shares begin to fall. we do have showers

coming into the bay area, well north at least it's and the watch area, we can see do west we have a moderate cell coming on shark. just north of the big bay along highway 1. that's why we have that scattered sharp activity for the north bay. everyone else should have a nice dry morning and actaeon. we're in the '50s, ---dry morning and afternoon. still chilly and the north bay, temperatures 17 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. it is a cooler start to the morning. know that as you head out the door. we're tracking system coming through. rain, cold

temperatures, thunder, lightning, hail. 11:00 is one we expect showers to begin falling. as you head out we will see heavier showers by noon, heavier rain. that will track to the south by about 3:00 in the afternoon. the majority of the lane is leaving scattered activity. 9:00 tonight, on into saturday we keep the chance of scattered showers in the forecast. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. rain friday, sunday as well. another system coming in it could be just as powerful. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: not a good morning for the writer concord, pleasant know, walnut creek, but to the tunnel and the maze. an early morning accident westbound 24, 8 continues to

keep the right pretty slow. i will assume and, you will pick up the trip from walnut creek. --resume in. it is heavy, slow, this is one of those mornings where did you know another way around you should were backed up all the way to a highly-4. because of that delay is an easier ride heading from walnut creek 7 t 680. we didn't get the usual back up that we generally would. looking at the rest of the westbound to chloride here's a shot coming down from the tunnel, you will see it's an easy ride. once you hit 24

coming of the caldecott it will be an easy ride. now back up at the bay bridge toll plaza. suspects, 101, just sluggish as you head towards the money to expressway. --toward the expressway. it has been a pretty trouble-free ride. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a live look that sat at the james lick looking good. traffic is nice and light. we'll be right back.

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redevelopment agencies. another issue is governor brown's plan to ask them to approve an extension of taxes that are set to expire this year. both houses have marty approved billions of dollars of welfare. but, they still need to agree on that tax issue. university of california officials are preparing for budget cuts. they're warning that 10 campus system should be ready to use 500 million-$1 billion. rain now they can get $3 billion a year the cuts would mean more tuition increase, increases in last in access and the amount of reduction depends whether or not voters are asked to approve tax instructions. >> mark: a live look from our roof camera and san francisco, looking out light

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you're heading to their bridge ernest d. the sierra you we have a pretty good ride it is a little sluggish. but, still littered ride for interstate 80. drive times are about 18 minutes. then add the bay bridge toll plaza, great conditions now back up, no delay. the writer across a pocket of two or slow traffic. we'll get a check of weather. >> james: looking at storm tracker 4 we have rain turned north. showers beginning to pop up. more intense and at last report, that will be the way it is. chance of a static shower that will dissipate. everyone entering nice, warm, dry after noon. 41 in

san rafael, 37 napa. rewriting take three or two. we're looking for the next farm system to come by as the next farm system, mixing in with air. it will funnel our way tonight, going into tomorrow. looking for one possibly 2 in. of rain. looking for probably a half inch accumulation of roles. saturday scattered showers, cold, snow levels down around 3,000 ft.. because of that cold air. which is great news for tahoe. great news if you're headed up there, let's take your ski report, heavenly, 99-13 5 in., 13 lives, sugar

bowl looks great, nine, 91. 12 lifts open. that is your www.snowbomb.com. >> darya: let's talk about the conditions this weekend. what is out for this weekend. >> caller: we have agreed skiing this week. incredible. >> darya: fresh powder, do competitions? >> caller: really is an incredible savings going on. it's a great time to come up and ski. >> mark: how about snow recently. >> caller: the i have a five-foot fence in my backyard that i cannot see. >> darya: this is one of the

seasons as it starts to get warm, there's going to be great skiing in importing firm while to come. >> caller: we've had april's where we don't have as much snow so don't put those keys away. >> darya: do feel as though it's less busy? >> caller: the numbers will be down a little. >> darya: absolutely. it's a great time to get there. before we go, give me an example, this weekend of your best deal. to adults, two kids? >> caller: tomorrow $15 for anybody. >> darya: they do night skiing to rate? >> caller: yes. >> darya: i've never tried that. >> caller: we also have a

ski pass one $30 for kirkwood. you can save up to a hundred dollars on those tickets. we have $35 for other places. >> mark: did times. thank you, for joining us. --good times. other stories, new details the san bruno pipeline explosion pacific gas and electric company could face fines as much as $1 million a day, pacific gas and electric company did not produce adequate paper land records. the deadline was tuesday. well they did turn over thousands of documents they did not turn any of the documents over that were related to pressure testing for the section of pipeline involves an explosion which the utility commission says is inexcusable. >> darya: barry bonds trial set to begin on monday the prosecution has released

dozens of a voice mail messages that he left his former mistress. and the messages, the prosecution says the bonds seemed agitated. he can reach well, they also say he seems suspicious about her whereabouts. they're pointing to these messages as proof that he used steroids. because they become into a rage and become agitated. they're trying to make heaa connection. we don't even know of these will be allowed in court when it comes to court on monday. i put an example on the screen, the full transcript is our website at www.kron4.com. >> mark: customers of the nation's giant hamburgers could hide their identity stolen. police say the credit card machine was compromise between december and earlier this month. the

problem has been fixed, but they're advising people to check their bank and credit- card statements. up to 200 people have their identities >> darya: stolen. police are continuing to injured a young man outside a mcdonald's restaurant on south bascom avenue in san jose. the shooting happened a few minutes after noon in the driveway of the mcdonald's at 898 s. bascom ave. it appears that the shooter walked up to the victim and shot him once at close range then ran north on south bascom avenue. itical condition in the hospital. the victim is in critical condition in the hospital. police are still searching for the shooter. the motive is not yet clear and that police are looking into whether the crime was gang-related. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. san mateo bridge, trent, traffic moving smoothly. [ ryan ] i got this new citi thankyou card

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clinton says she plans to move on and obama plans to when the second time she does not want to remain in her job past 2012, she does not have any plans to make another bid for the white house. >> mark: march madness kicking off today, 16 games today, 16 tomorrow president obama is in with his brackets for the third straight year he felt the most for espn, he is a fan of #one seeded teams. >> i am taking chances. i think kansas has more fire power. i think kansas will do the same. they always feel bad about losing one the president picks them. >> mark: that's gonna be tough, he baked north carolina about times when time they won a one time they lost. >> darya: i picked kansas. i

pick them because they are deep, whatever that means. the president says he's going to travel to ireland, making that announcement this morning. the white house is getting into the spirit with a green fountain. they're coming ec big guy on the right-hand side he's dumping green dye into the water he actually fell in. you don't have to get into but the dianne. he is fine but it is kind of funny. remember they did it paid for breast cancer. >> mark: happy think st. patty's day to you. the kron 4 morning news written news in .

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prevent a meltdown in japan. we'll tell you that they're working. >> mark: the united states has authorized evacuation said of japan taking a tougher stand. >> darya: a well-known surfer has died of a night after being a mavericks details coming out. >> live, from the bay area's news station, this is the kron 4 morning news. >> darya: thank you, for joining us on this thursday, march 17th, st. patrick's day. >> mark: now, here is a look at the weather. >> james: rain to our ninth, it looks like a shower to, are perching on ir north bay. not too severe. let's take a sample and see if we can get any measurements. a

fifth of an inch. all this tracking toward santa rosa. maybe some folks woolsey's regard to. full of good cheer forecast coming out. >> george: much heavier than usual traffic for the writer concord, westbound 24 to lafayette. still tracking this hotspot complete update coming up. >> mark: let's begin with japan to prevent a meltdown at the power plant for reactors are in trouble. the military has been flying helicopters dumping thousands of gallons of sea water in an attempt to try and cool down the fuel rods. those lights suspended, they don't seem to have any major effect. plant operators are raising trying to finish at par line that could restore cooling systems to try and ease the crisis. the head of the u.s. more regulatory

commission says of the water is gone from one of the pools. radiation levels are high. that could impact and the ability to take corrective measures. if the fuel runs are sitting exposed their heating up, releasing radiation directly into the air. ultimately they could melt down completely. right now officials continue to deny that the pool is dry. the japanese government is saying they have no plans to expand the 12 multiple evacuation order. even though higher levels of radiation are being detected. the state department is advising americans to evacuate from a 50 mi. radius. they're sending planes and helped evacuate americans japan has a 20 mi. optional the evacuation order a lot of people are concerned that

the government is being too tight lipped about what is happening. there's also concern in the bay area about any radiation we could get. we're joined in will, he has gone looking at the situation. they say in as news is this news. >> will: everything is fine but that paranoia is still there. i just put his spokeswoman, at the air quality management district she said people in illinois are asking what they should do. that's an extra 2,000 mi. or so from the bay area. that's how far-reaching the paranoia is they have a device on the rooftop to monitor the radiation. here's video we shot, it has been around for about four years. but never has that been tested or like this.

they have been monitoring the situation. even though it has gotten worse. louis st. levels that the monitoring here in the bay area since this all happened in was not gone up. not even a trace amount. they also said even a worst-case scenario wembley have a complete meltdown when all the particles get sent up and then carried over the pacific ocean even if it gets here they say the particles will not be harmful to us. getting an x- ray at the dentist's office is more harmful. then the radiation coming from japan. if anyone has to worry about its hawaii, alaska and even those places should not worry. the spokeswoman says she's been inundated with phone calls from the media, public, asking her are we

save? the answer is yes. >> darya: let's go to the newsroom. >> reporter: it is reported in the japanese government they're moving from the search and rescue to the recovery phase. at least some teams have ended their up for this the current knowledge seeing that there's little hope of finding missing people still alive. united states has authorized the first evacuations of japan. according to secretary of state hillary clinton u.s. is doing a minute by minute analysis of this situation. >> darya: thank you, we're taking a live look here at san francisco. you can see the flag is blowing. it is a little breezy but it is a gorgeous day. a great day there the golden gate bridge. but we barely have time for the fields to dry

up. >> james: my kids practice was canceled yesterday because of their rain. even saturday, everything will be soggy. cooler temperatures north bay shares is a possibility. years are calling in. this afternoon everyone should dry out really closing conditions. partly sunny. this evening the clouds began to build late into the night, early tomorrow morning the rain begins to fall. as is much larger storm system makes its way in. a lot of showers to the north, a look right here, we will push in with a cell moving through it has been there for the last 30 minutes. we got a call saying it has been raining cats and dogs for loss 30 minutes. there is a larger part of this cell is moving on through causing quite a bit of rain. almost a

quarter of an inch per hour. sundays and rain there should last much longer. it is breaking up. clear 46 in san francisco still cooler in the north bay. at your 50s, and his 60s and this afternoon this is the system we're keeping our eye and cold air moisture, headed our way rate around 11:00 p.m. tonight. we'll see the first drops fall we also have a high surf and advisory in effect we're looking firm's woes anywhere and 13-16 ft.. possibility of mind of coastal flooding. be aware of that. future cast, rain coming in by 8:00 tomorrow, rain becoming widespread buying in heavy rain throughout the bay. it starts to break out. by evening drive we're looking at scattered showers. 7

then another system after frederick,--here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. and another system on friday. >> george: we are continuing to track, spots, spots. we will star with the ride on 680, it is our lingering hotspot problems on west 24 the started to back up the traffic, that has left its low of walnut creek in concord. then continued hundredths and a mausoleum to the tunnel. better speed. my apologies to the control room, i will assure you the shark, this is west to four coming out of the tunnel heading down to the mes. let's get back to the slow traffic in san francisco assets bound accident, and northbound accident not far away both

cleared but slowing heading of the city if your than the big hurry you to use it to a year's extension. a look this up bay, highway 101, scene conditions all morning long. we'll take a quick break, we'll have more when we return. stay with us. honey...? [ mom ] yes.

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inland port after doing her highly-1 their british head down because basically it crumbled into the sea. a 40 ft. section just came crashing down yesterday. they're not positive what caused it but did in days of rain. they believe it was a revision. people going to the area had to turn around, some people parked their car and walk to get home they say they had to fix this back in '98 in gave way so now they're back to the drawing board. >> mark: a quick break as the kron 4 morning news continues. coming up will have the latest on the radioactive plume.

>> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. scientists are following the movement of rural loxodrome play coming up, a japan. this is an animation, to say it's turning across the specific it is expected to release in

the island some time today than they could hit california late tomorrow but the radiation will be extremely diluted as it travels and it will likely not have any health impact here in the u.s.. forecast is based on a wind patterns is likely to change as our weather patterns shares. -- shifts. >> mark: everyone is concerned should we be? >> caller: i totally understand the concern about radiation, any radiation into the environment. first, let's express our concern for the people in japan are facing a triple the disaster. in terms auroras, then maybe some reaching the

coast, that's not even sure. one of the factors we have is distance, 5,000 mi. will disburse it to levels that may never even be detectable. they are similar or less than our background radiation from natural sources. >> darya: some people don't realize how much the shore subject to every day. >> caller: exactly, there's natural from air and ground. you increase pressed many taken air flight, use of certain electronics. the other half of our radiation exposure is for medical procedures. including treatment that uses radiation.

>> mark: if it did not make it could be equivalent to an x-ray? >> caller: it would be much less than an x-ray. >> mark: we've seen a real run on iodine people have been buying it up is there any danger in taking a every medication has benefits i would encourage them not to take it we do stockpile and distribute addend to certain support of the population. that is because they had. in larger doses, it could cause

health problems including rashes, allergies, stomach upsets. they can actually cause thyroid dysfunction in some people. it would really encourage people not to take potassium iodine, we will not be exposed to the kind of decreases in which iodine is used. one other point about iodine, it is not a general barrier. >> darya: are you surprised by the people's response then given net that we don't go one in their plan and take one. i'm going to the dentist and not going to go by ec this, you know how little it is what people are freaking out. you ought to acknowledge their debt radiation is serious. we have not been getting the

kind of information that can reassert people just now we have our federal agencies in place in japan i think the information coming out is much more accurate. extensive monitoring system to know what kind it doses are around spreading from japan. so, i think there's better information that i would encourage people to look at that information and appreciate the fact that we're not at risk. i am all in favor of protected auctions. but, the protective action we should be looking at is we are sitting on one of the most active earthquake faults in the world. we've seen devastating earthquakes occurring in all regions of the world we are due. i would encourage everyone to prepare for earthquakes. which means making sure they housetops of water, food. and can be self-sufficient

to a minimum of three-five days. >> darya: thank you, . bay area weather, the latest on the forecast. >> james: we had a cell move through, there you see it, rainfall rates at one point were dropping almost a quarter inch per hour. it was healthy rain is now starting to break that. this is the bigger storm in the pacific it should come into play late tonight in to tomorrow morning. drop quite a better rain over the bay area today and friday looking for total accumulations of 1/2 inch all the way up to an inch and a half. once we're done with that storm system on friday we have scattered showers saturday then we have another storm coming our way here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. which could pack just as big a punch. looks like we will stay on schedule and next week on and off our activity

monday, tuesday, wednesday that is how your next seven days are playing out.

>> mark: will bid at controlling on the roadside rest toward oakland, now they're starting to grow on the oakland side. kron4 is jackie sissel is just a of the tunnel with more. >> reporter: they had been drilling out here for years, there is getting ready to start on the west side. you can see the construction is in place. caltrans is expected to start relatively soon. they have got about 900 ft.. it's about a quarter of kuwait through the tunnel. that will start in the west side. --way through. they will be a

great time to have this area here hoping that done by 2013, all and all this is a prejudice been in the work is from long time. -- project. the city will come in under was jewish. $390 million. -- budget. >> mark: looking current to being finished. it's finishing the same time as the bay bridge. >> reporter: seems like they have their hands full day of major credit george going on, these are to the biggest. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. the unit unit prices, measures are being taken to try and prevent a meltdown, four reactors are in trouble. the military or doing water drops from helicopters. hoping to try

and cool things down, they suspended those lights, radiation levels are too high, they been unable to cool the fuel rods. meanwhile the head of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission is saying all the water is gone from one of the pools that house's garage. that means they are heating couple been. >> could be facing the possibility of the melting down. japanese officials are continuing to deny that there outpull rod is beginning to dry. they're sending planes to evacuate, they're telling americans to say five is 0 mi. away. >> darya: it has been nearly a week since the quake and the tsunami officials are

saying five dozen 400 people are confirmed dead. they believe the death toll will rise to 12,000 or more. you are looking at video at the coastal community. this is more than 452,000 people are staying in shelters, it is cold,, you can see they have nothing to go back to. >> reporter: president obama will make a statement about the crisis in japan later on today. we'll have the details of his comments tonight on kron4 news. >> darya: we are also hearing more about another earthquake, this one in the pacific ocean, it is a magnitude 6.5 is struck northwest of the capital we're hearing there's no risk of a tsunami, this is a part of the ring of fire. it's an arc of the faults, where most of the world or

earthquakes and volcanic activity happen. last week's 9.0 happened there as well. >> mark: now, here is a look at the weather. >> james: we're going to get a break today, it won't last much longer here's a look from our bay bridge approach, let's bring down and we expect first of cooler temperatures you'll notice that if you head out the door. north bay showers some near-term bill. this afternoon we will all enjoying more sunshine temperatures in the upper 50s, low 60s. clouds are building, late tonight, early tomorrow rain begins to fall. we will show that to you here and storm tracker 4 coming up, research shows the rain will to run north, we have a couple pops in north sonoma as we fly in you will see rather light at the moment and earlier we had of your calling in saying it was raining cats and dogs. will

continue to dissipate. tomorrow it all changes. temperature was 49 in the city, beginning tomorrow little bit in the north bay napa and the lager in the thirties. san rafael warming. this morning we will warmus to the upper 50s, low 60s probably about 61 will be the average temperature. enjoy it, here's the system coming our way cold air from the gulf of alaska it will funnel our way by 11:00 tonight. will see showers fall in the north bay. as we advance the clock to 8:00, heading out the door to get to work heavier showers coming into view, heavy band of rain moving to the area by noon, it will slowly pushed to our west. it will not only

be the better part of friday to drive home still showing scattered showers but well into the evening we will keep that chance of a shower in the forecast at least to air on this side of caution. sunday another system coming to it is just as powerful as the one friday. friday, saturday, sunday pretty big systems rolling through we are to have the ground fairly saturated don't be surprised if we report down trees, power outages. let's get a check and your ride with george. >> george: jackie is updating us on the progress on the new tunnel. but even with the addition of that extra that would not help this morning's traffic. of hotspot 124 westbound all morning long and it persists even with both available in the commute direction. early morning accident backed up the traffic of the dense 680

southbound coming at pleasant hill and concord. that is why it's still slow so getting westbound there's still so much traffic backed up behind it i want to take you to the east shore freeway it is not a hot spot especially from the upper east shore freeway but when you hit san pop love you going to get some slowing it is really going to grind to a halt to take look at our camera for the ride on westbound interstate 80 this picks up the commute leading down to the s curves we still have car pool lanes limits spurting me in effect until 10:00 you notice not much traffic is able to use that extra lane. this should start to ease a little bit, it is still pretty slow. we did have problems in san francisco with a southbound-10 wine ride. there were earlier problems at silver of which are clear now. your ride to the bay

bridge except for the heavy traffic on interstate 80 you will have an easy ride at the toll plaza no backup, delay or wage >> mark: . new details on the san bruno pipeline explosion pacific gas and electric company could face fines as high as $1 million a day as the utilities commission says they did not produce adequate pipeline measures. the deadline was tuesday even though they turned over thousands of documents pacific gas and electric company did not produce pressure tests for the section of pipeline involved in the blast. which the utility commission says is in the >> darya: excusable. a fire has set down a highway, look at this, this is a minneapolis it was a national gas line explosion. people and being evacuated as a precautionary measure. the gas has been shot. no one was hurt. barry bonds trial is set to begin on monday the prosecution has

released dozens of voice mail messages that bonds left his former manager stress. the release these messages because they are trying to prove that he was on steroids and lied about it to a grand jury investigating steroids. they're saying these messages point to steroid abuse because they say he's mad, agitated and that's a sign of steroid use. hello, pick up the phone i will find you, now might lead to an amateur is rising. the prosecution we're not sure they will add to these into evidence we will have to see when the trial begins. but if you like to see the full transcripts we have the honor website at www.kron4.com. >> mark: a quick break as the kron 4 morning news continues until 11:00 a.m. a quick look at the st. patrick's day celebrations. honey...? [ mom ] yes.

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street, 242 point yesterday, ge is leading the charge on the dow up 160 to 11,073 the nasdaq up 38. part of the reason for the rights of a drop in jobless claims. the fear people signed up for unemployment benefits last week giving some hope that the stronger job growth will continue to kick in. the labor department say applications fell. that marks the third decline in the past four weeks. if you look at the full week average down below 386,000. >> darya: americans paid more for food and energy, the labor department says it rows 0.5%, the largest increase since june of 2009. excluding food and energy costs prices rose 2.4%. rowland da prices jumped

4.7% above january's increase but below december's rise. food crops increase for 26%. honda is recalling new models of the civic to prevent the fuel from leaking. it covers about 18,000 civics from the 2011 model year. honda says that half the case that covers a golf could break or crack and that could lead to a fuel leak. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. we'll leave you with a live look at that from walnut creek sundstrand, traffic is moving smoothly.

>> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a double live look, you can see the

report to the bay bridge is an easy ride plenty of sunshine even more son of the golden gate bridge things are looking good just for today. on sale for the day only. >> james: that is right, but that offer. which electrical but temperatures near 13 degrees: in novato. 7 in oakland, not at all. then we were of this time yesterday. it is no joke, it's a cold start. this afternoon will be nice. 9:00, in the '40's which is in a big improvement. a lot more 30's on the map in the last 30 minutes things are warming up. we are tracking rain for north, some of which started to play with sonoma county. we see a couple of cells moving their way if you plan on being on 101 you might get a sprinkle or two. it's not too heavy, it won't last too long. it will dissipate

by the end of the morning. everyone is enjoying a warm and dry after noon. when this system finally makes our way by tonight and tomorrow morning we are looking for some fairly decent rain. but get a pacific rim are high surf for advisory in effect from right now until 11:00 p.m. tomorrow night. look for swirls anywhere from 13-16 ft.. if you like the surf be very careful. mild coastal flooding is also a possibility as the storm system moves its way through. in terms of how much we're expecting anywhere from an introduction into the house a little more in the santa cruz mountains. everyone else on average half an inch of rain. this is not the only one we're watching we have another one on sunday that will probably give the same amount of rain. we're ready saturated as it is so that will be good. we will be worried about possible trees coming down, and maybe

even some urban slush advisory's keep it to into www.kron4.com we will let you know, cold weather with this storm system but their highs friday, saturday, sunday. all of this rain will mean snow and the sierra. if you plan on having up there this weekend, we are looking pretty good heavenly 99, 13 less open 47 runs. sugar bowl also looking good. 124- 219. when asked what, it what, when 24-219, 72 runs. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: let's get to traffic, we still have a hot spot, it tried and interstate 8 here is larry shore freeway. after you

minute that from hercules, and all. --lowry east shore of freeway. craig before the 580 marriage. this they love these things a bit. westbound right. when you head the bay bridge toll plaza is light enough that the metering lights have been turned off. in fact they turn a knob on 9:20 a.m. to the few cars deep for the cash lanes, but the toll plaza. otherwise an easy ride but to and across the upper deck in the head of the maze. pye weed-24 was a hot spot, the westbound ride from one that creek much improved. met? >> mark: jerry brown is

declaring a state of emergency for two more counties he issued a merger depopulate occasions. the harper suffered an estimated $4 million in damage, reports that the fishing town of a moral base of more than four it $50,000 in damage. the governor arty declaring states of emergency for santa cruz, san mateo, and more >> darya: . they're still cleaning up, calling the debris love to listen in. craig is live, taking look at the action. he said some boat owners would be let out there? s. >> reporter: not yet. you're looking at a key component that is the sooner about it is at their in their scanning every inch that it can seeing where there's debris. apparently there's still one vote and accounted for. that about is here to try and napa so they

configure were to look. perhaps get server open again. we'll show you some pictures illustrate,, you see all those boats. people can go on some dogs. --on some stocks. but first it is weed and seed. local businesses are suffering, when business says it will be busy because they have to deal with damaged roads. >> the community in which we operate has suffered, we will have to do we can to meet the needs of that community. to alleviate some of this uncertainty. >> reporter: lot of but it's not clear and some are more damage than they thought. there were 100 total. there will be a lot

of those having to be brought in and looked at that. it will be a while before that happens, it will be a bit of a weight. they think they will be able to open to the harbor of on sunday. in the meantime is wait and see. across the community to a thousand dollars a day, will they wait and see. environmentally they have control the oil, it had booms out, that's not a big issue. at least there's that >> darya: . when you say that quotas of there, are there any full sunken posts still out there? >> reporter: me there are three, two that there were. but there are two more, pretty meet one more that they don't know where it is. they've been trying to find it. besides that is to breed that is the big issue. someone get the debris out

that is the order today. >> mark: take a look of this surveillance video from white. this is from one of the hardest-hit areas. you can see the waves crashed into the store's entrance friday morning. -they dragged clothing into the parking lot. seven waves drenched this court. -- drenched the store. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. watching the rebound on wall street, down 242, up 142, at over one percentage point with the dow 11,055.

>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. taking a look at the rainfall and a storm in selecting an inch-and internet had, three-quarters of an answer on the east bay, at the end of an inch towards these bay. in a plot

of rain. member >> darya: march madness kicks off today, it is in full swing at the white house president obama fill out his ncaa tournament bracket for espn. he is a fan of the no. 1 seeds. >> i am taking chances. i think kansas has more firepower. add it n.c., the laws cover the next year they won. they always hill battle but losing when the president picks them. i think they will do the same for me. >> darya: that is pressure when the commander in chief is picking you to win. we will see what happens he is 1-1. >> mark: president obama maybe with a ' in there for the obama to date. he is

making an announcement as he welcomed the new irish prime minister to the white house for an aannual ceremony. he does have some irish in him. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

cloudy out there but fortunately no rain at this time. on the other side that's the golden gate bridge. also part of cloudy there. for more on whether let me send it over to the weather center. >> janu: a look at the golden gate bridge, you can see overcast but lots of sunshine out there, dry as well. north bay showers are expected. we are picking up some of that on radar. we also have heavy rain about to set in on friday. storm tracker for showing a lot of rain to the northern part of the state. as we move in we pick up rain in the north bay through the debate. a degas bay. it is 13 degrees

cooler in novato, your highs today 59 fairfield, 58 san francisco, 61 down the peninsula, 61 in the south bay as well. the rain will move in tonight's dead about 11:00 p.m. making its way in the north bay, then more widespread in the north bay pushing along the coast. take a look at the orange, and yellow it indicates heavy showers. potential thunderstorms and lightning moving southward. by 5:00 p.m. sai, later a shower scene, and maybe bring showers saturday. 7 day around the bay rain on sunday, a chance to the lasting through monday. we should dryout by

wednesday. and out today and check on traffic with erica. >> erica: we do have a hot spot will. slowing go conditions on hy 80, speeds are certainly improving more than 10 minutes ago, is this is your commute this morning allow yourself extra time. you to make up for less time by heading towards the bay bridge toll plaza. headed westbound towards this is the second back up we been flowing freely for most of the morning ninth. it is in quiet all mornig

long, no problems for any public transportation >> will: head of japan's they are taking new measures to prevent a nonnucleanuclear melte helicopters being used to pour water on top of the rods are being told to hold off while they evaluate the situation. they have been laying a new cable to supply more reliable power to the equipment to keep the reactor cool. it is being hampered by the commission saying all of the water is gone from one of the spent fuel pools, and radiation levels are extremely high. japanese officials are denying the pool is dry. the government is saying they have no plans to expand

its 12 mi. mandatory evacuation order around the plant. u.s. state department says people much further from the plant are still in danger. the u.s. is sending planes to help evacuate americans, they have a 20 mi. optional evacuation in place and officials urging residents to stay indoors if they choose not to leave. scientists are following the movement of a plume lean the plant. it is turning across the pacific expected to it reached the island off of alaska some time today and then hit southern california by late tomorrow. the radiation would be extremely diluted as it travels and would likely not have any health impact in the united states. it is based on the path. monitoring the situation in japan.

>> reporter: just crossing the wires that regulatory commission says there radiation levels are no threat to the united states or its territories. even so the united states are screening cargo and passengers arriving from japan. so far no harm folly of levels have been detected. later on today president barack obama will make remarks on the crisis, we will show them to live tonight on kron 4 news. >> will: we hear of another earthquake today, the magnitude 6.5 quake struck in the pacific ring of fire. there is no worries about a tsunami. last

week's magnitude 9.0 in japan occurred on that hard as well. coming up on morning news, we will show you what things are doing on wall street's last look at the st. patrick's day parade, celebration are in full swing. we will be right back.

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at&t u-verse tv. tv like you've never seen before. at&t. >> will: wall street is looking pretty good right now, we are up 140 points. that is good news because yesterday we were down about 157 because of what was going on in japan. we have rebounded so far today. those numbers continue to climb. the weekly jobless numbers are out, your people signed up for benefits giving some hope there will be more growth this year.

applications fell to seasonally adjusted numbers. this brings the four week average for claims down the lowest level since its been since july 2008. americans paid more for food and energy costs month. consumer price index rose last month largest increase since june of all nine. excluding food and energy cost core prices rose 0.2%. of course we are all paying more each time we go to the pubs. food costs increase 0.6%, the most in has been into a half years. honda motor is recalling more than 18,000 2011 civic models to fix a potential fuel leak. the company said the recall of 18,056 vehicles is to inspect

and replace a part that could fail to prevent fuel from leaking out of the fuel tank and into the evaporative emissions canister in a rollover, increasing the risk of fire. honda announced that dealer will inspect the fuel pump module and replace the module free of charge if necessary. the safety recall is expected to begin on or before april 11, 2011. for coming up will fall look at weather and traffic. let me give you a quick peak of the other. look at city hall in you can see looks like the sun is shining out there just a bit. get out there and enjoy it the rain is coming back our way.

>> will: a famous big wave surfer drowned wednesday evening surfing mavericks' monster waves. the half moon bay fire chief says the body of 35-year- old sion milosky of hawaii was pulled from the water at around 7 p.m. on wednesday at mavericks, the waves reached 60 feet high. a friend says milosky apparently drowned after he was held underwater for two big waves. milosky is survived by a

wife and two daughters on kauai. the cause of the accident is under investigation. let me send it over to the weather center to see what to expect for the day. >> janu: we do have dry conditions today mostly is showers in the north bay, friday heavy rain, saturday we may see scattered showers. heavy rain and cold conditions tomorrow, and then scattered showers saturday. storm tracker for shows most of the rain to the north, we are picking now light sell over highway 12 in the north bay but that is tapering off. temperatures much cooler than yesterday. 12 degrees cooler than this time

yesterday, 10 in concord, 12 degrees cooler in the livermore valley. six degrees for san rosa, napa 57 san rafael, 61 down the peninsula and 61 into the south bay as well. satellite radar shows us a big storm building off the coast. that is sucking down cold air from the gulf of alaska. heavy rain passing through more costly in the afternoon hours chance of thunder and lightning. high surf advisories issued in effect now until 11:00 p.m. tomorrow. could cause a minor coastal flooding is as well. 7 day around the bay shows us we will also see heavy rain headed our way on sunday. chance of that lasting into monday and tuesday drying up by wednesday. this could check gone traffic with arafat.

>> erica: still tracking some slow speeds out there down to 22 mi. an hour and should make a way past gilman street pier traffic is certainly slope towards the 580-80 split. no accidents or incidents to report to slow traffic in jamaica way through albany and pick up on your speeds out there. just prepare for slow traffic making your way towards berkeley this morning. eventually heading over to the maze where we are not seeing too much in the way of a back up. taking a look at conditions into and out of walnut creek traffic is nice and light, flowing freely free ride into and out of this san ramon valley. if you are taking westbound 24, no delays through the caldecott tunnel. as for

public transit no problems reported. >> will: this is video out of big serve. this has caused sections of highway 1 01 to be shuto be shut down. it is not clear what caused the massive slide, but erosion could be the reason why. travelers trying to get through the area have to turn around. some of them park and walk to get home. this road was built in 1998, it gave way and now needs to be rebuilt. continuing the cleanup at the santa cruz harbour. if you look closely, yellow tape is still out there because there is still so much to be done. millions of dollars of damage from this and

not me the key man. cranky is in thei >> craig: $25 million in damage. i will shoot pictures of what is going on, this is a sonar boat, it is going up and down the harbour looking for debris. there are two boats in the water they know about, then there is one boat still missing somewhere down there. it is the degree they are looking for. officials tell me this harbour will remain closed until they are sure the debris field will not be a problem. they may have open by sunday. >> we have to get the two remaining boats off the bottom, then a significant improvement in the ability to open up the harbor for boat traffic. >> craig: all lot of businesses

want to see that it is rough going and it is like a ghost town at the moment. they're hoping that sometimes after sunday thinking that this harbour open again. >> will: thank you very much. take bill look at this surveillance video of the tsunami hitting hawaii. they see a tsunami waves crashing through this business. in knockdown racks and left close this washed up. seven waves drenched to the store. the store had just opened up last december. still ahead, we will show you what is being done on the caldecott tunnel. here is a live shot from the place. alive report is coming up.

>> will: 70 today, no problems as far is rain, friday rainy and windy, clears up saturday and then on sunday the rain comes back. it looks like it will be around until the middle of the week. at least right now it is not raining. let's go to the caldecott tunnel where the drilling is under way and has been going on for several months. they're working in both directions and this morning they're working from oakland back to orinda. >> reporter: to the delight of many folks that have to make this commute, they are making significant progress out here. they have been drilling for one

year now, all of the drilling has been on the east side. now they are set to start drilling through the west side. they have been drilling for one year, they have made significant progress. and have 900 ft. into the side of the hell, alone for quarter of the way is donehill. everyonr to having this done, caltrans says they are starting to make real progress, they will be done earlier than projected, and it will be under budget. they say they will come in at around 390 million, it is a win, win for everybody. >> will: a lot of people looking for to that. they hit a pocket

of oil will they were drilling. let's have outside where then more than a hundred and 60,000 people used the bay bridge every day. it looks a lot of them are backed up as they crossed the bay bridge. once you cross there no problems there or anywhere else.

>> will: extreme measures are taking place to prevent a meltdown in japan. the helicopters and been flying missions to dump thousands of gallons of seawater on to the plant hoping to cool down the complex. those flights have been suspended for now while they evaluate whether it works. they are racing to finish a power line that could restore cooling system and ease the crisis. meanwhile the head of the new

killer regulatory commission says all of the water is gone from one of the spent fuel pools, and radiation is extremely high. this would mean there is nothing to stop the fuel rods from heating and ultimately boston. japanese officials are denying the pool is dry. u.s. sending planes to evacuate americans. officials have said to stay out of the 50 mi. over around the damaged plant. a week after the 9.0 quake in japan, officials say 5400 people are confirmed dead, that number could climb well over 10,000 people 9500 people are still missing today. this is me augie, monitoring the situation

japan is he just been who is joining us now from the newsroom. >> reporter: the commission chairman is saying the radiation levels in japan are no threat to the united states or its territories. the united states has begun screening passengers and cargo arriving from japan so far no harmful levels have been detected. we expect president barack obama to make comments on the crisis later today. we will share remarks tonight on kron 4 news. >> will: monitoring the air quality is the management district they use that device on the rooftop is in francisco, the get samples of the air and sending those to sign to is an alabama. they said ever since this happened there has not than a trace of increase from the radiation levels they said even

worse case scenario if the radiation particles reach the jet streams above japan and it carried over the pacific to our neck of the woods the particles would have been broken up and we are not in danger. we are also monitoring the weather situation. >> janu: we are checking alive look at cited san francisco from our roof camera, lots of sunshine and dry conditions. we are picking up sprinkles of the north bay but for the most are we will stay dry. 49 degrees in san francisco, warming to 54 by noon. cool in the back down to 54 by 8:00 p.m. this evening. storm tracker 4 shows us rain to the northern part of the state picking up a light salad set rows over 1 01 the dark green

indicates the heavier showers they will stop and about an hour. current temperatures 51 oakland, 52 in los gatos. your afternoon highs will bring us into the upper 50s and lower '60s. 60 napa, san rosa, 61 down the peninsula, 59 fairfield as well as in antioch. taking a look at satellite and radar showing us this did storm build an awful the coast. bringing in cold air from the gulf of alaska, we will see it cool down tomorrow as well as wet weather. pasby about 11:00 p.m. it comesn north bay, and it pushes its way into the coast by 8:00 a.m., by new heavy rain pushing its way

south by 3:00 p.m. and then by 5:00 p.m. some showers in the north bay, still lingering showers lasting into 9:00 p.m. tomorrow evening. we continue to see showers on saturday, another heavy storm passes through on sunday. 10:34 a.m. i checked on traffic with arafat. >> erica: no more hot spots no slow traffic in the westbound direction of interstate 80, which you reach the bay bridge this morning a minor back up 08 to. metering lights are cycled off, people are looking for that for dollar deal. tracking excellent conditions for your ride along the upper deck. over at the san mateo bridge this morning we have been quiet, only gestalt in the 5:00 a.m. hour someone to get to this banats off traffic is moving freely.

14 minutes between 881 01. the golden gate bridge no problems free ride in the southbound direction towards him francisco. public transit no problems reported. >> will: new details on this san bruno pipeline explosion. state regulators are recommending fines of up to $1 million a day to sanction the california utility under fire for a deadly explosion on a natural gas pipeline outside san francisco. the california public utilities commission says pacific gas & electric co. must hand over all key safety records for its transmission lines or face potential fines and other penalties. the sept. 9 blast killed eight people and destroyed three dozen homes in san bruno. regulators ordered pg&e to provide detailed safety and engineering records soon after the accident. tuesday, pg&e provided summary documents, but acknowledged it was missing 8 percent of required safety records. among those missing were dozens of pressure tests, including for some sections of the line that blew up in san bruno. barry bonds perjury

trial began monday. dozens of voice mail messages that barry bonds left his former mistress. he seemed agitated he can not reach bell and seems the suspicious saying things like " hello pick up your phone " because steroids can cause rage. prosecutors are makinsaying that these transfers prove he was entered. coming up the latest on the budget crisis and how it can impact the universities. we are still in the positive and

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>> will: lawmakers gather to talk about closing the budget deficit. they have agreed on deep cuts but fell short on both the will eliminate the state's more than 400 redevelopment agencies. governor brown's plan to approve a temporary extension of sales, in, and vehicle taxes that are set to expire. both houses approve billions of dollars to state welfare, and healthy family programs for the poor. they are preparing plans to deal with cuts at uc berkeley. the 10th campus system should be prepared to lose from anywhere between $500 million all the way up to $10 billion.

they received $3 billion every year in the cuts would mean more tuition increases and lasted now access. the amount of the reduction depends on whether california voters approved tax extensions to close the state budget deficit. we will be right back.

>> will: in minneapolis a minnesota highway has a blast was a natural gas line explosion. people are being evacuated from the area, this is only a precautionary measure. the gas line was shut off and nobody was hurt. this is the situation we are monitoring. lets in and over to the weather center. >> janu: the morning well, san jose who dry conditions of their sunshine as well. we have cooler temperatures this morning as well as north bay showers. partly sunny this afternoon with the afternoon highs getting into the upper 50s and lower 60s, into the evening a cloud cover build up we have heavy rain headed for us tomorrow. storm tracker 4 shows us wet weather to the northern part of the

state, we are also picking a light rain cell here to north of san rosa. that should taper off in the next hour. temperatures aside 42 in san rosa, 49 in fairfield, a 51 in san francisco, 54 in los gatos. this afternoon more '60s 59 through fairfield, 61 down the peninsula. satellite and radar shows us this been heavy storm is building off the coast. it brings cold air from the gulf of alaska. wet weather, heavy rain tomorrow, a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon hours. there is a high surf advisory issued already in effect until 11:00 p.m. tomorrow. swell's could get up to 16 ft. so we might see some minor coastal flooding. 7 day

around the bay shows scattered showers and here saturday, sunday and other heavy storm had our way we could get one-2 in. of rain on sunday, a chance of that lasting monday, tuesday. for those of you who wanted to take advantage of the powder in tahoe. heavenly base depth of 99 in., 13 lifts open, 47 runs. sugar bowl nine lifts open, 91 runs. kirkwood base depth of 184, 12 lifts open, 72 runs. 1040a a.m. a check gone traffic. >> erica: it is the end of year thursday morning commute no hot spots around the bay area, great conditions the moderator headed.

modest back up, a couple of those cashless westbound and to some of francisco, the good news is the meter lights are cycled off, getting over to the san mateo bridge no hot spots westbound traffic is nice and light. all that empty space between cars as you approached foster city. the same story at the golden gate southbound 101 nice and light easy conditions and to san francisco. picking up one last camera crosstown freeways in san francisco we were tracking this is a hot spot in the 80 of our not the case anymore. as a major way in the eastbound direction to the lower deck of the bay bridge that is also problem free. >> will: as japan copes those who survived and still not looking for loved ones, are fleeing the area. this is a long

lines at the train station. risk of radiation remains greatest for the workers scrambling to cool reactors. meanwhile search and rescue teams are trying to find thousands still missing, and help those who survived years quicken tsunami. >> reporter: japanese officials say they will keep trying to cool reactor no. 3 at the power plant even though initial attempts has dealt little too low radiation. >> >> in order to cool the fuel we have carried out, we have asked the water drop operation and also the spring of water from the ground. >> reporter: they began what looking at ways to get the power back on. the hope the pumps will run the cooling systems and come back on line.

>> power supply was stopped at the time of the quake. top party is cool down the storage pool for to keele#three and four uni >> reporter: several countries are saying to move away from the area. south korea and the united states has said to move 50 mi. away. for the and the 12 mi. recommended by japanese officials. they will have a drone that can fly over the damage nonnuclear power facility. is to give the government a better idea of what is happening on the ground. >> will: survivors trying to cope with the devastation of course so far we have not heard of any looting. the teacher in

one town describes the reaction of those whose lives were scared. >> after the tsunami hit everybody went survivor mold. we got everybody taking care of. we've been busy taking care of people so we haven't had time to think about coping. just getting everybody taken care the students were amazingly strong. they went right to work. students were strong call, they showed their true character. it was amazing. >> will: stay with kron 4 for continuing coverage of the japan quake. and what they are doing to prevent of meltdown. we will tell you the president thinks will win. the basketball games

march madness.

>> will: it isn't raining right now but here's what you can expect friday. 0.35-0.75 in. of rain. friday we will get it and then clear up saturday, and then here comes again on sunday. one word unsettled. just getting word sing the first evacuation flight of united states citizens has left japan pan.. march madns is under way, it is happening at the white house, for the third straight year president barack obama filled out a term in that bracket for espn. the president

is a fan of the no. 1 seeds. >> i'm picking kansas, i think they're deeper. i think chances has more higher power. i picked north carolina they lost, the next year they won for me, i think kansas will do the same thing. bill was feel bad about losing with the president picks them. >> will: he is a wind-1 when it comes to the championship he doesn't go out on the lam but that's his prerogative. a lot of people are choosing a diet coke up more than pepsi. it is the second most popular drink in the country. coke sold 927 million cases of the diet soda in 2010. overall sales for soft drinks

have gone down because people are channing to help the alternatives. we will